Medicare & Medicaid
News articles in this section include actions by federal regulators like the CMS and HHS, as well as information on Medicare and state Medicaid coverage and benefits.
President Donald Trump has rescinded former President Joe Biden‘s executive order 14087, which was put in place to lower the cost of prescription drugs for Americans. Newsweek has reached out to the Trump transition team outside of regular working hours via email for comment. Why It Matters Trump signed a flurry of executive orders and took a number of other ...
Hospitals are pressing Trump to preserve key funding for Medicare and other important priorities. But perhaps the biggest source of anxiety lies over the Medicaid program, which enables Americans with lower incomes to access healthcare.
When asked about a variety of health care proposals, including those put forth by Republican and Democratic lawmakers, about 6 in 10 said boosting price transparency rules to ensure that health care prices are available to patients should be a top priority.
The Biden administration, in its last full weekday in office, announced the next 15 drugs up for Medicare price negotiation. Blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic is on the list. That means the federal government and the pharmaceuticals industry are about to go head-to-head once again. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services negotiated prices for a first ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that cuts to Social Security and Medicare won't be part of the legislative package being worked out to fund President-elect Donald Trump's agenda.
In the four years since Amazon became the leading employer of Nevada Medicaid recipients, the retail giant has surged from having 7,892 employees and dependents on Medicaid to 18,093. That’s a 143% increase since 2020.
A key cost-saving provision of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) goes into effect in the new year, limiting annual out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs to $2,000 for Medicare beneficiaries. Starting on Jan. 1, 2025, an estimated 19 million Medicare beneficiaries will see their out-of-pocket Medicare Part D spending capped at $2,000 for the year. This ...
Private employers' expenditures are growing more than 70% faster than the national total, according to new government data.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Friday that 64 Part B drugs will have a reduced price for Medicare patients at the pharmacy counter in the first quarter of 2025. CMS said patients may save between $1 and $10,818 per day on co-insurance costs for the Part B drugs included on the list. ...
Tax revenues have exceeded estimates in California, but Gov. Gavin Newsom’s spending proposals and other state costs could quickly swallow up any extra funds.